MPCC demands apology from paper

The paper, in its January 16 edition, had carried an article on its front page, titled “Meri eyes bhi sexy, mera pout bhi sexy” giving a list of 100 sexiest Indian women of the century chosen in a reader-poll.

Meanwhile, a group of Congress workers, including the Minister of State for Health Eknath Gaikwad, burnt copies of the national daily protesting the list of `100 sexiest Indian women’.

The agitators stormed the newspaper’s office along College Road and ransacked the office.Later the protestors, including Mayor Dr Shobha Bachhav and the minister raised slogans and burnt copies of the Sunday issue of the newspaper. They stated that the list was an insult to the party’s female leaders and was in bad taste.

Some Congress workers managed to extract an apology from the local branch manager of the newspaper for the impugned list list which was a result of a poll taken among its readers.